Difficult to digest
After much debate, the Cabinet cleared the food security bill. Will it really ensure food for every Indian?
Hailstorm drives farmers to suicide
Over 100 kill themselves as large tracts of crops are damaged; food prices likely to go up
‘Let farmers decide the price’
Mani Chinnaswamy’s contract farming model has prompted IIM graduates to study his Appachi formula. After all, it gives farmers the right to …
Disaster fund for cold wave
Decision likely after Madhya Pradesh incurred huge crop losses in January
Safal shows the way
Mother Dairy’s retail model helps farmers but is under pressure from chains
New insurance lets farmers down
Unions demand individual coverage
Will seeds bill make it this time?
Opposition parties say the draft is still not farmer-friendly
Is new land bill up to mark?
Draft land bill proposes higher compensation for land acquisitions, but complaints persist
Agrarian crisis: farmers from 15 states protest at Delhi Jantar Mantar
They demand moratorium on land acquisition; farmers' suicides, falling incomes and GMOs on list of concerns
Bitter harvest: farmers kill selves
Freak weather destroys crops across India
Everybody’s loss
Delisting fruits and vegetables from APMC Act in Congress-ruled states will not benefit farmers
Not a waste until wasted
Punjab farmers burn straw after harvest. It is time to exploit the potential of this agro-waste
One-sided deal
Contract farming is increasing in India, but laws are not in place to protect farmers
Legislation for a few
Benefits of the Act that encourages conservation of plants reach few farmers
Bitter sugar
Sugarcane farmers are the losers as Uttar Pradesh government, mill owners strike a deal
The paddy compulsion
War continues between Karnataka, Tamil Nadu farmers over Cauvery water for cultivation
Government hikes minimum support price of paddy by 16 per cent
It’s a rough deal, say farmers
India's genome saviours
Farmers and organisations who have won government recognition this year for conserving seeds of indigenous crops and plant species
New milky way
Private players are entering the Indian dairy market in a big way. Dairy cooperatives, which ushered in the White Revolution, need to expand and …
‘There is not enough milk’
Amrita Patel was part of the White Revolution that made India self-sufficient in milk. She joined Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers’…
Government rolls back ban on cotton exports
Commerce ministry had imposed ban on March 5 saying 9.4 million bales have already been shipped out of the country as against estimated exports …
Punjab's paddy dilemma
In 2009, Punjab became the first state in the country to enact a law banning the sowing of rice before a stipulated date. The aim was to arrest …
Shift grain bowl status from North to other regions of India
Balwinder Singh Sidhu, agriculture commissioner and chief conservator of soils in Punjab, is known for giving his opinion in a frank and …
Contaminating millets
There is disquiet over government scheme to wean traditional millet farmers on chemical inputs